Athole Stewart | |
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 1939 Spotlight photo | |
| Born | Athole Chalmers Stewart 25 June 1879 |
| Died | 18 October 1940 (aged 61) Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England |
| Resting place | Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Ivinghoe, Buckinghamshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 1925–1940 |
Athole Chalmers Stewart (25 June 1879 – 18 October 1940) was a British stage and latterly film actor, often in authoritarian or aristocratic roles.[1][2][3]
On stage, he played in the original production of Noël Coward's Hay Fever at the Ambassadors Theatre, London, in 1925.[4] On film, he played Dr. Watson to Raymond Massey's Holmes in The Speckled Band, in 1931.[5]
Athole is buried in the Churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Ivinghoe in Buckinghamshire alongside his wife Ellen Frances Stewart OBE, daughter of the late general William Sparkes Hatch.
- ^ "Athole Stewart". Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.
- ^ "Athole Stewart - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ McMullen, Kieran (11 October 2012). The Many Watsons. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 9781780923048 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Production of Hay Fever - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "The Speckled Band (1931)". Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.